Spl drive to enroll new voters in UP

A special drive will be launched in Uttar Pradesh from September 15 to enroll new voters completing 18 years of age on January 2017 before next year's Assembly polls.
The drive will start on September 15 and end on October 31. Those completing 18 years of age on January 1, 2017 will be enrolled in the voters' list, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of UP T Venkatesh said.
The drive will emphasis on enrolling maximum women voters, the CEO said, adding that names of dead people, duplicate names and those transferred will be removed.
He said presently there are 13.86 crore voters enrolled in UP. Names of 33.1 lakh voters, including those dead and transferred, have been removed.

He said a helpline number will be launched in districts on September 15 for benefit of the voters.